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7 0. O. HOOD. FOLDING GATE FOR CARS.

Patented Apr. 28, 1896.

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AN DREW B.GRAHAM.PHUTOUTHQWASHINGTON, D1 v UNITED STATE PATENT UrrienCHARLES O. IIOOD, OF CENTRAL FALLS, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALFTO THE R. BLISS MANUFACTURING, COMPANY, OF PAIVTIICKET, RIIODE ISLAND.

FOLDING GATE FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,331, dated April28, 1896.

Application filed March 11, 1895. Serial NO- 541,328. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: of equal length, the outer ends of the saidBe it known that I, CHARLES O. 1100]), a bars being also jointed to thevertical end bar citizen of the United States, residing at Cen- J, thesaid end bar being provided at its lower tral Falls, in the county ofProvidence and portion with the inwardly-projectingears d 5 State ofRhode Island, have invented a new 61 d of equal length, and at its upperpor- 55 and useful Improvement in Folding Gates tion with the longerinwardly-projecting ears for Cars, of which the following is a speciliee 6 also of equal length, the inclined bar cation. II, which forms theturning fulcrum of the It is the object of my invention to provide gate,being jointed at f to the middle portion IO a folding gate adapted forstreet and railway of one of the jointed bars being secured to 60 carsand which may be conveniently operthe said-bar c by means 'of thebracket-piece ated and occupy but little space when in its g. The cars aand Z) on the sliding bar I are folded condition; and it consists in theimso arranged that the two middle bars 0 0 will proved construction andarrangement of parts lie in the same vertical plane, the said bars Iwhereby when the gate is being operated in being jointed to oppositesides of the said 65 a vertical plane to open or close the same ears,and the ears a and Z)? are so arranged the ends of the gate will becaused to move that the bars 0 0 will lie in the same vertiin oppositedirections, as hereinafter fully cal plane and back from the plane ofthe bars set forth. 0 c at a distance equal to the thickness of In theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 one of the said bars, and the ears a andb 70 presents in side elevation one end of a streetare so arranged thatthe upper and lower bars car provided With the improved folding gate, 00 will lie in the same vertical plane and the gate being shown in itsclosed condition. back from the plane of the bars 0 c at a dis- Fig.2presents an end elevation of the streettance equal to the thickness ofone of said car with the dasher removed by a cross-secbars, in orderthat the bars of the gate may 75 tion taken in the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 occupy the desired small space when folded, presents a detail topview of the gate in its the jointed ears upon the end bar J beingcorclosed condition. Fig. 4 presents a section respondingly located outof line with each of the'gatc, taken in the line 4: 4C of Fig. 1. other,the three upper bars of the gate being Fig. 5 presents an enlargeddetail section jointed to one side of their respective equal 80 showingthe bolt for locking the sliding bar ears, while the three lower barsare jointed of the gate. to the opposite side of their respective equalIn the drawings, A represents the body of cars, as shown in Fig. 1, theears being made the car; 15, the platform; 0, the step, and D ofdifferent lengths in opposite sets and 01fthe gate, the rear of saidgate being adapted set laterally, in order to cause the folding 85 toslide up and down upon the rod E, which of the bars of the gate indifferent planes, is firmly held in the brackets F F. To the thuscausing the gate to be folded to the revoluble collar G, loosely held atthe lower smallest practicable width. The end bar J is end of the rod E,or, if preferred, at the upalso provided with the forwardly-projectingper end with the same effect, is pivoted the latch-lugs h h, whichengage with the catches 9o inclined bar H, which operates as a turn- '611, secured to the post j of the dasl1erK,and ing fulcrum to cause therequired upward to the end of the car is attached the catch 7;, anddownward movement of the inner vertiwhich, by engaging with the latchlug h, cal bar I of the gate, the said bar sliding serves to hold thegate in its upwardly-folded loosely upon the rod E. The sliding bar I isand outwardly-turned position, as shown in 5 provided at its lowerportion with the pro- Fig. 2, the gate being locked in its closedpojecting cars a a a preferably of equal sition by means of thespring-actuated slidlength, and at its upper end with the shorter ingbolt n2, arranged upon the side of the ears I) 12 b likewise of equallength, and to sliding bar I, the inner end of the said bolt the saidears are jointed the bars 0 c c c c a being caused to enter a notch a,made in the side of the rod E, which rod forms the pivot for the gate.

In opening the gate from its closed position (shown in Fig. 1) by takinghold of the handle 0 and raising the forward end of the gate the fulcrumaction of the inclined bar II will be such as to cause the downwardsliding movement of the bar I, and such downward movement will continueuntil the forward end of the gate attains its highest elevation. Thegate is then to be turned outwardly upon its pivoting-bar E until thelatch-lug h strikes the incline of the catch 70. Then the action of saidincline will serve to slightly raise the gate upon the rod E until thelatch-lug h can pass into the holding-notch p of the catch 70, when thegate will be firmly held in the upright folded position at the end ofthe car, as shown in Fig. 2, and upon the release of the gate from itslocked position at the end of the car it may be turned and brought downto its former closed position, as also shown at the opposite side of thecar in Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention 1. In an upwardly-folding gate, the combinationof the inner sliding bar, the outer bar, and the gate-bars pivoted tothe innersliding bar and to the outer bar, with an inclined supportwhich constitutes a movable fulcrum for the closing and opening movementof the gate, substantially as described.

2. In an upwardly-folding gate, the combination of the inner slidingbar, the outer bar, and the gate-bars, pivoted to the inner sliding barand to the outer bar, with an inclined support which constitutes amovable fulcrum for the closing and opening vertical movement, and meansfor holding the gate in its opened position substantially as described.

3. In an upwardly-folding gate, the combination of the inner sliding barprovided with sets of long and short ears offset from each other indifferent planes, the outer bar provided with corresponding sets of longand short ears similarly offset from each other, and the gate-barspivoted to the inner sliding bar and to the outer bar, with an inclinedsupport which constitutes a movable fulcrum for the closing and openingmovement of the gate, substantially as described. i

CHARLES O. HOOD. lVitnesses:

SOORATES SCHOLFIELD,

ALBERT N. BULLOCK.

